Post Coronavirus
Key Challenges Faced by Infrastructure Investors & Developers
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Post Coronavirus - Key Challenges Faced by Infrastructure Investors & Developers
Moderator
Anjali Gupta
Partner -Managing Director
3i India Private
Moderator
Sidharath Kapur
Sidharath Kapur
Aditya
Aggarwal
CEO
GIP
Ajay
Chaudhary
National Head – Project Finance
L&T Finance
Ajit
Ranade
President & Chief Economist
Aditya Birla Group
Amit
Jain
Senior Energy Specialist
The World Bank
Avinash
Rao
Whole-time Director & CEO
Sekura Energy Limited
Borja
Vazquez Martinez
Senior Director
Alvarez & Marsal
Bruce
Crane
Managing Director - Infrastructure APAC
OTPP - Singapore
Gaurav
Khanna
CFO
IndInfravit Trust
Jatin
Aneja
Practice Head–Projects & Infrastructure
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Jayant
Mhaiskar
Chairman and Managing Director
MEP Infrastructure Developers
Jorge
de la Mora
Senior Director
Grupo DDP México
Krishna
Prakash Maheshwari
Chief Executive Officer
Adani Group
Kumar
V Pratap
Board of Advisors, IIM Lucknow [ex. Joint Secretary (Infra Policy & Finance), DEA, Govt of India]
IIM Lucknow
Mudit
Parashar
Chief Financial Officer
Dalmia Bharat Group
Neha
Kumar
India Programme Manager
Climate Bonds Initiative
Pawan
Kant
CEO
IndInfravit Trust
Praveer
Sinha
Chief Executive Officer and MD
Tata Power
Projesh
Banerjea
Portfolio Manager - Infra
ADIA
Pushkar
Kulkarni
Managing Director - Infrastructure
CPPIB
Rahul
Mody
Managing Director
Ambit Capital
Rajesh
Sirohia
Head - Corporate Strategy & BD
Tata Realty & Infrastructure
Sandeep
Bhattacharya
India Projects Manager
Climate Bonds Initiative
Sandeep
Upadhyay
MD & CEO - Infrastructure Advisory
Centrum Capital
Saurabh
Agarwal
Managing Director, Infra, South Asia
CDPQ
Shagoofa
Rashid Khan
Partner
National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
Shailesh
Pathak
Head - Special Initiatives, Development Projects
Larsen & Toubro
Sujoy
Bose
MD & CEO
National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
Suman
Saha
Head -Infrastructure Fund
Kotak Alternate Asset Managers
Suresh
Nagarajan
CEO
DP Power
Anjali Gupta
Partner -Managing Director3i India Private
India
Anjali is Partner, Managing Director India. She joined 3i in 2007 from ICICI Bank where she was part of the project finance group. Anjali has more than 26 years of experience having worked in the areas of project financing, debt and equity syndication, restructuring and investment banking in her prior assignments at ICICI Bank, Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Ltd., KPMG and SBI Capital Markets. She holds an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a Bachelor’s Degree in Science from Gujarat University.
Sidharath Kapur
Sidharath Kapur
India
Aditya Aggarwal
CEOGIP
Singapore
Mr. Aggarwal Partner, GIP India and CEO GIP Singapore has over 20 years of experience across equity investing and project finance. As a part of the leadership team, he primarily focuses on origination, evaluation & capital deployment across infrastructure sectors along with managing the portfolio and creating exits.His current specific responsibilities also include overseeing the build out of Vector Green, the renewable platform. He is a member of the Investment Committee & represents the Funds on the Boards of various Portfolio Companies. In his earlier role,Mr. Aggarwal was a founding member of the core investment team at IDFC Alternatives, which set up IDFC’s Infrastructure Funds business.
Ajay Chaudhary
National Head – Project FinanceL&T Finance
India
He is a motivated business leader having 21 years of experience in financial sector with P&L responsibility. Experienced in providing corporate & project lending solutions to a wide spectrum of clients. As an experienced banking professional, he has a proven track record as a relationship strategist, specializing in building a group of well nurtured business partners, who are offered end to end solutions in project finance/ structured finance and other product offering, thereby creating profitable business segments for the organization. Responsible for setting business goals and building strategies to fulfill the items contained therein.
Ajit Ranade
President & Chief EconomistAditya Birla Group
India
Dr. Ajit Ranade is Group Executive President and Chief Economist with the USD 44 billion Aditya Birla Group, which is an Indian Multinational company with operations in more than 36 countries with head office in Mumbai. He is also in charge of the Group Corporate Affairs Function. The Group’s businesses include metals, mining, chemicals, textiles, cement as well as telecom, retail, insurance and asset management. He is the Member of the Economic Policy Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry and a Member of the National Executive Committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. He is the Government of India’s nominee on the Governing Board of Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
Amit Jain
Senior Energy SpecialistThe World Bank
India
Amit has a Ph.D. in solar, Fulbright Scholar at NREL, USA and Chevening Fellow at King’s College, London. He works with the World Bank and is leading a $2 billion renewable portfolio in India, Bangladesh and Maldives. It includes REWA and Charanka solar park, integrated by PM Shri Narendra Modi. The project has received the World Bank Group President Award for innovation and excellence and included in the Prime Minister's book 'A Book of Innovation: New Beginnings'.
His previous assignments include the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Clinton Foundation. Amit has authored two books on climate change policy & waste to energy and has several international peer-reviewed journal publications.
Avinash Rao
Whole-time Director & CEOSekura Energy Limited
India
Mr. Avinash P Rao is a senior power sector professional with more than two decades of techno-commercial experience across renewable energy, fossil fuel project development, combined cycle duel-fuel power plant and High Voltage sub-station operations, power transmission, Innovation & New Energy, Corporate Foundation and Sustainability. Prior to joining Sekura Energy Ltd., Mr. Rao worked with various subsidiaries of CLP Group (formerly China Light & Power, Hong Kong) in India for over 23 years and handled several responsibilities including business development, business valuation, project development, HSE accreditations, commercial, construction and asset management, and was involved in setting-up the Renewable Energy business from inception.
Borja Vazquez Martinez
Senior DirectorAlvarez & Marsal
Mexico
Bruce Crane
Managing Director - Infrastructure APACOTPP - Singapore
Singapore
As Managing Director at OTPP Infrastructure, Bruce is responsible for leading infrastructure-related efforts in APAC and is based in Singapore. He was previously based in New York, and was responsible for sourcing and leading investment opportunities in the transportation and power-related infrastructure markets in the Americas. His asset management experiences included Chicago Skyway, GNL Quintero S.A and Midland Cogeneration Venture. Prior to joining OMERS Infrastructure, Bruce spent 10 years with UBS and Morgan Stanley, providing investment banking advisory services, and four years with Foster Wheeler as a field engineer. Bruce holds a B.A.Sc. (Civil Engineering) from Lehigh University, and an MBA from Columbia University.
Gaurav Khanna
CFOIndInfravit Trust
India
Mr. Gaurav Khanna is the CFO of LTIDPL Indvit Services Limited , the Investment Manager for Indinfravit Trust . He has over 20 years of experience in Corporate Finance, Investment, Taxation, Audit, Strategic Planning and commercial functions. Mr Khanna has significant experience in Greenfield and Brownfield Asset acquisitions, Portfolio, and asset management, and orchestrating timely exits for large Global Funds, due to his strong Corporate Finance & Investment Management background. He has a deep understanding of Real Estate and Infrastructure Sector.Prior to joining Indinfravit, Mr. Khanna was working with Tata Group for last 13 years as was the CFO for the Infra Business of Tata Realty and Infrastructure Limited (TRIL)
Jatin Aneja
Practice Head–Projects & InfrastructureShardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
India
Jatin is part of the management board of the Firm. He has extensive experience in urban infrastructure, conventional & renewable energy, roads, ports, airports, railways, power, and oil & gas sector in India and the sub-continent. Jatin has been consistently ranked in ‘Band 1’ by Chambers and Partners; ‘Leading Lawyer’ by Legal 500, IFLR1000 & Asialaw Profiles and ‘Thought Leader’ by WWL 2019. He has advised on several marquee transactions including privatisation of Delhi & Mumbai airports, re-gasification projects by IOC, PLL & others and Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline projects. Currently he is advising GMR Infrastructure on divestment of major shareholding (over USD 1 billion) in GMR Airports Ltd.
Jayant Mhaiskar
Chairman and Managing DirectorMEP Infrastructure Developers
India
Jayant D. Mhaiskar is the Chairman and Managing Director of our Company. He is one of the founding Directors and Promoter of our Company. He has completed the first year of his Bachelor's degree in Commerce from K.V. Pindharkar College of Arts, Science & Commerce. He has 17 years of experience in the Tolling and Infrastructure industry.
Jorge de la Mora
Senior DirectorGrupo DDP México
Mexico
Experienced professional with a demonstrated history of working in the construction and telecommunications industries. Skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Operations Management, International Business, and Pricing Strategy. Strong business development professional graduated from Harvard Business School.
Krishna Prakash Maheshwari
Chief Executive OfficerAdani Group
India
Mr. Krishna Prakash Maheshwari has over two decades of experience in the infrastructure industry across various sectors and in various capacities. Currently he is heading the Roads, Rail, Metro & Water Business of Adani Group. Prior to joining Adani, Mr. Maheshwari was heading Essel Highways Ltd. Before joining Essel Highways Ltd., Mr. Maheshwari was heading the Integrated Environment Infrastructure business of UPL Ltd. He has also donned various hats during this 12 years stint with Reliance Infrastructure. He was the CEO of metro business and played a key role in the setting up of the first line of Mumbai Metro as well on the Delhi Airport Express.
Kumar V Pratap
Board of Advisors, IIM Lucknow [ex. Joint Secretary (Infra Policy & Finance), DEA, Govt of India]IIM Lucknow
India
Kumar V Pratap is passionate about Infrastructure and Public-Private Partnerships. Currently, he is Joint Secretary (Union Territories), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Earlier, he has worked with the Prime Minister’s Office and Ministry of Finance (as Joint Secretary, Infrastructure Policy & Finance) at New Delhi, and the World Bank and Embassy of India at Washington DC. He has lectured at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), London School of Economics, Singapore Management University, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (Singapore), Duke University, University of Maryland, World Bank (Washington DC), IMF (SARTTAC), Indian Institute of Management (IIM, Ahmedabad), IIM (Lucknow), and IIM (Indore).
Mudit Parashar
Chief Financial OfficerDalmia Bharat Group
India
Mudit Parashar has been with GVK for over 6 years. His role focuses on fund raising, M&A and Corporate Development and he has been actively involved in the group’s Airport business. Prior to joining GVK, Mudit spent over 13 years in Corporate Finance and Private Equity, primarily in Resources and Infrastructure sectors. His earlier roles were at Ernst & Young (EY), one of India’s leading M&A advisory firms, and at SUN Group, a leading principal investor and private equity fund manager in emerging markets. At EY, Mudit was a Partner in the firm’s M&A advisory practice. At SUN Group, he was responsible for SUN’s investments in the metals & mining sector globally. Mudit has done his Bachelors in Economics and Masters in Business Economics
Neha Kumar
India Programme ManagerClimate Bonds Initiative
India
Ms Neha Kumar works as the India Programme Manager for Climate Bonds Initiative and is based in Delhi. She drives policy, strategy and partner programmes in the country to scale up the green bonds market and green financial ecosystem. She has fifteen years of experience working on public policy and industry action in India on non financial risks, sustainability and responsible financing. In her stint at GIZ India (German Development Agency) prior to joining CBI, she steered projects that led to ESG disclosures regulation by the Indian market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India; and the development of financial sector led Responsible Financing Guidelines.
Pawan Kant
CEOIndInfravit Trust
India
Mr. Kant is an Infrastructure & engineering professional with nearly 30 years industry experience in Core Infrastructure, construction, Real Estate sectors. He has worked with reputed organizations such as Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd, Hindustan Construction Company Ltd, Sembcorp Construction and Engineers (Singapore), the Tata Group. He has worked across functions such as Project Financing & Structuring, Strategic Planning, Project Execution, Operations, Commercial and Contracts, Tendering and Business development. He has worked in India, Middle East and Singapore on large infrastructure projects such as Roads, Industrial park, SEZs, Power Transmission, Condominium projects, Townships, etc.
Praveer Sinha
Chief Executive Officer and MDTata Power
India
Mr. Sinha has nearly 34 years of experience in Generation and Distribution sector. He has been responsible for developing and setting up Greenfield and Brownfield Power plants in India and abroad. Apart from this, he has actively contributed in bringing about huge socio-economic development and empowerment programs for youth and children in these project sites. Prior to becoming the CEO & Managing Director of The Tata Power Company Limited, he has served as the CEO&MD of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL). He has been on the forefront of policy advocacy for making the Power Sector, especially Power Distribution, sustainable. Mr. Sinha has been awarded for his outstanding contribution in Power Distribution Sector by Central Board.
Projesh Banerjea
Portfolio Manager - InfraADIA
United Arab Emirates
Projesh Banerjea served as a Portfolio Manager - Infra at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) for ten years, focusing on global investments across the transport, energy, and digital infrastructure sectors, particularly in Asia. During his tenure at ADIA, he held board directorships for entities including Renew Energy Global, Cube Highways, EdgePoint Infrastructure, and the Anglian Water Group. His professional background also includes roles at Macquarie Capital and J.P. Morgan. Mr. Banerjea holds an MBA from the University of Oxford.
Pushkar Kulkarni
Managing Director - InfrastructureCPPIB
India
Pushkar Kulkarni leads the Infrastructure practice for Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) for India. CPPIB is amongst the world’s Top Ten Pension funds with AUM of C$550.4 billion (as of December 2021). As their first investment in India, CPPIB has made an investment of INR 20 bn. into L&T IDPL making it one of the largest Private Investment in the roads sector. Prior to CPPIB, Mr. Kulkarni has worked in several esteemed organizations including Serco, an Infrastructure Services company, he served as Managing Director for India. Efkon India a leader in ITS systems for Transport Infrastructure and Philips. He has represented the Bureau of India Standards at the ISO on several Intelligent Transport System expert committees.
Rahul Mody
Managing DirectorAmbit Capital
India
Rahul Mody has 24 years of Investment Banking experience, and is a Managing Director at Ambit Corporate Finance. Rahul leads the firm's Infrastructure practice comprising the Transport, Urban Infrastructure, Mobility, Power, Utilities, Energy, and Telecom sectors. Rahul started his Investment Banking career at Dresdner Kleinwort in Mumbai in 1996 and transferred to London in 2001. He was based in London for the next 13 years; he moved from Dresdner Kleinwort to Greenhill in 2009 and was a Managing Director and Partner at Greenhill’s London office. Rahul relocated to Mumbai in mid-2014 to join Ambit. In his career, Rahul has advised on a wide range of M&A, Divestiture and Equity & Debt Capital Raising transactions in India and globally.
Rajesh Sirohia
Head - Corporate Strategy & BDTata Realty & Infrastructure
India
Mr. Rajesh Sirohia is currently the Head - Corporate Strategy and Business Development, TRIL Roads Private Limited, which is a 100% subsidiary of Tata Realty and Infrastructure Limited. Mr. Sirohia is a management professional having more than 20 years’ experience in infrastructure, financial services & startups and strong academics - MBA from Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Philippines & Chartered Accountant. He has an End to End Life Cycle management experience in the Infrastructure and Public Utilities space - Bidding, Due Diligence, Project Development & Construction, Operations, Policy & Regulations and Divestment. Apart from this he has been successful in raising capital both on debt and equity for various road assets.
Sandeep Bhattacharya
India Projects ManagerClimate Bonds Initiative
India
Sandeep Bhattacharya serves as the India Projects Manager at Climate Bonds Initiative, where he is instrumental in advancing the Indian Green Finance market. His responsibilities include coordinating efforts to drive market development and stakeholder engagement across India. Bhattacharya actively participates in the Climate Bonds Initiative's communications and media engagements, contributing to discussions on green bonds and adaptation finance. His work focuses on fostering sustainable finance and climate-resilient initiatives in the region.
Sandeep Upadhyay
MD & CEO - Infrastructure AdvisoryCentrum Capital
India
Sandeep Upadhyay joined Centrum Capital Limited in June 2008 and is currently serving as Managing Director of Infrastructure Practise at Centrum Capital Limited. As a senior Coverage Banker he is responsible for covering the Stressed asset resolution apart from leading Investment Banking initiatives across core sectors like Transportation, Logistics, Energy & Utilities space.He is an alumnus from XLRI, Jamshedpur besides holding a Post Graduate Degree in Project Management specialising in Infrastructure sector. He has over sixteen years of extensive experience in raising Private Equity, Project Finance and advising Government & established private sector clients on M&A, Stressed asset resolution and Bidding initiatives.
Saurabh Agarwal
Managing Director, Infra, South AsiaCDPQ
India
Saurabh Agarwal is the Managing Director, Infrastructure, spearheading CDPQ’s infrastructure investment efforts in South Asia, based in New Delhi, India. He is responsible for strategy development, sourcing, evaluating, executing and managing high-quality investments, as well as developing long-term partner relationships in the region. Saurabh has 19+ years of experience in financial and technology sectors. At CDPQ, he leads CDPQ’s investments across sectors including utilities, renewables, transportation, telecom and social.
Shagoofa Rashid Khan
PartnerNational Investment and Infrastructure Fund
India
Shagoofa is Partner and Head-Funds, Investments and Advisory. She has 22 years of post-qualification experience across structuring funds, managed accounts, fund documentation, private equity, acquisitions / exits / restructuring / joint ventures and strategic initiatives, international taxation and planning, corporate & commercial laws, business advisory, compliance and ethics advisory, audit and finance. She was in-house counsel, for 10 years, with leading Indian corporate houses.
She has been recognised as Leading Individual by Legal 500 APAC and Distinguished Practitioner by AsiaLaw. She was named in India’s Top 100 Women in Finance by AIWMI (2020) and in Top 20 Emerging Legal Leaders:India by RSG (2019)
Shailesh Pathak
Head - Special Initiatives, Development ProjectsLarsen & Toubro
India
Mr. Pathak has over 3 decades of experience shared equally between the private sector and Government of India's IAS (Indian Administrative Service). He started his career in 1986 with a 4-year investment banking stint at ICICI and HSBC before joining the IAS. He re-joined the private sector in 2006, in IDFC. He returned to the ICICI group as Senior Director (Investments), ICICI Venture, investing private equity in infrastructure. He joined Larsen & Toubro in 2017.He has 360-degree experience in infrastructure finance and execution, having worked in private equity investing and fundraising, both national and global, project finance, project structuring, preparation and appraisal, and investment banking.
Sujoy Bose
MD & CEONational Investment and Infrastructure Fund
India
Sujoy Bose is Managing Director & CEO of the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund of India. NIIF is a public-private partnership anchored by a significant minority investment from the Govt of India, which will leverage commercial institutional capital for investments in Indian infrastructure. Prior to this, Sujoy spent 25 years at IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, most recently as Global Co-Head and Director of Infrastructure and Natural Resources, where he oversaw IFC’s US$12.6 billion portfolio in transport, utilities, power, oil and gas and mining. Sujoy holds an MBA from Rice University and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from St Xavier's College, Kolkata, India
Suman Saha
Head -Infrastructure FundKotak Alternate Asset Managers
India
Suman has over 25 years’ experience in project finance, investment banking and infrastructure investing and asset management. He established the infrastructure funds management business of the Kotak Mahindra Group (“Kotak”) and heads the business. He joined Kotak in 1995 in its investment banking business, a JV between the Goldman Sachs Group and Kotak. Between 1995 – 2003, Suman ran the project finance advisory and loan syndication desk in the investment bank, advising international and domestic clients on raising project finance loans for infrastructure, power, LNG, steel and automobile projects. Suman began his career in 1993 in project finance in IDBI, India’s then largest financial institution.
Suresh Nagarajan
CEODP Power
India
COVID-19 has sparked a chain reaction throughout geographies and sectors. India has been in lockdown since March 24th. The risks and current fallout is a chain reaction on the world’s capital markets, and trade, pushing governments and companies to re-evaluate their strategies. Investors, fund managers, developers, lenders are preparing for a significant impact on their operations.
What are the key risk factors, the challenges and opportunities that the investors in this market need to watch out for?
The future cant be predicted but can be prepared for. It is time for the industry to convene and discuss strategies to how to brace and ride out through the storm and its short- term impacts.
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